Jama Software®, an industry leading requirements management and traceability solution provider, announced that Francisco Partners has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Company from shareholders including Insight Partners and Madrona Ventures for $1.2 billion. Marc Osofsky, Jama Software CEO, will personally reinvest and continue to lead the company.
“We are thrilled to work with Francisco Partners and leverage their expertise as we further accelerate our rapid expansion across enterprises, industries and continents”, said Marc Osofsky, CEO, Jama Software. “We thank Insight Partners, who have been tremendous supporters of Jama Software’s growth over the past six years.”
“The engineering management market is in the early stages of a fundamental transformation which Jama Software is at the forefront of. We are ecstatic to be partnering with Marc and his team in continuing to execute on their industry-leading vision and strategy”, said Petri Oksanen and Mario Razzini, Partners at Francisco Partners.
Jama Software has rapidly become a market leader in Requirements Management & Traceability and leads the market in customer satisfaction ratings, NPS scores, SaaS scale, security and SOC2 compliance, usability, performance, breadth and depth of integrations, measured process improvement, benchmarking, NLP and more. Jama Software helps companies intelligently improve their development process to reduce defects, delays, cost overruns and recalls.
“We’re delighted to have collaborated closely with Marc and the Jama Software team as they’ve navigated significant growth and emerged as a market leader,” said Richard Wells, Managing Director at Insight Partners. “As Jama Software embarks on their exciting new chapter of expansion and innovation, this acquisition by Francisco Partners reflects Jama Software’s success and the Company’s ability to consistently deliver exceptional value to customers worldwide.”
The investment by Francisco Partners is subject to customary closing conditions.
Evercore acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Jama Software and Insight Partners and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP acted as legal advisor. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC acted as financial advisor to Francisco Partners and Paul Hastings LLP acted as legal advisor.
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